www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Gus Deedshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/gus-deeds/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Gus Deedsen-usMon, 28 Apr 2014 17:21:08 -0400McAuliffe signs Va. mental health reform billhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/28/mcauliffe-signs-va-mental-health-reform-bill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Virginia officials are celebrating the signing of a mental health reform bill.</p> <p> Gov. Terry McAuliffe ceremonially signed the bill Monday at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.</p> <p> WVIR-TV reports (https://bit.ly/QRB9OF) that McAuliffe was joined by state Sen. Creigh (KREE) Deeds.</p> <p> ...Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:21:08 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/28/mcauliffe-signs-va-mental-health-reform-bill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSenator: 'Real work lies ahead' on mental healthhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/31/senator-real-work-lies-ahead-on-mental-health/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> WASHINGTON (AP) - R. Creigh Deeds, the Virginia state senator whose mentally ill adult son attacked him before killing himself, called mental health reform he helped push through the state's General Assembly in the wake of the tragedy "incremental change."</p> <p> "The real work lies ahead," Deeds told a ...FREDERIC J. FROMMERMon, 31 Mar 2014 17:10:45 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/31/senator-real-work-lies-ahead-on-mental-health/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSVa. inspector general report issued in Deeds casehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/27/va-inspector-general-report-issued-in-deeds-case/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - State investigators found no evidence that a mental health official tried to contact two facilities that had room to admit state Sen. Creigh Deeds' mentally ill son hours before he attacked the senator and then killed himself, according to a report released Thursday.</p> <p> The ...ALAN SUDERMANThu, 27 Mar 2014 18:48:55 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/27/va-inspector-general-report-issued-in-deeds-case/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSVa. Senate approves mental health billhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/10/va-senate-approves-mental-health-bill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Authorities could detain a mentally ill individual for up to 24 hours in emergency custody under a bill approved by the Virginia Senate.</p> <p> The upper chamber voted 38-0 Monday to approve a proposal by Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Democrat from Bath County.</p> <p> Deeds ...Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:36:01 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/10/va-senate-approves-mental-health-bill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSen. Creigh Deeds, discharged from hospital: 'I am alive so must live'http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/22/sen-creigh-deeds-discharged-hospital-i-am-alive-so/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds has been discharged from the hospital after being stabbed earlier in the week before his son, Gus, died from what police say is a self-inflicted rifle shot wound.</p> <p>"I am alive so must live. Some wounds won't heal. Your prayers and your friendship are ...David SherfinskiFri, 22 Nov 2013 12:11:51 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/22/sen-creigh-deeds-discharged-hospital-i-am-alive-so/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBob McDonnell orders review of mental health system after attack on Creigh Deedshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/21/bob-mcdonnell-orders-review-mental-health-system-a/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed his secretary of health and human resources to conduct a "comprehensive review" of the state's mental health system in the wake of Gus Deeds' apparent suicide this week and said he'll weigh providing additional resources in the outgoing two-year state budget proposal he'll unveil ...David SherfinskiThu, 21 Nov 2013 09:39:23 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/21/bob-mcdonnell-orders-review-mental-health-system-a/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSCreigh Deeds' condition upgraded to 'good'; nearby facilities say beds available Monday for Gushttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/20/creigh-deeds-condition-upgraded-good/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Virginia has opened an investigation into the mental health evaluation of Gus Deeds, who underwent a psychiatric examination but was released just hours before attacking his father and then taking his own life early Tuesday.</p> <p>Gus Deeds' father, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, was listed in good condition Wednesday at ...David SherfinskiWed, 20 Nov 2013 11:20:00 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/20/creigh-deeds-condition-upgraded-good/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS